MUTH Old Fashioned Cork Honey Jars, replicas of 1800's made by Muth of Cincinnati Ohio People love this little mini jars with corks. Sold as samplers. Many given as wedding favors.John Pluta Milledgeville Georgia

MUTH HONEY JARS 
4oz. 8oz. Glass with Corks

Old fashioned Honey jars. replicas of 1800's made my Muth of Cincinnati Ohio. 

People love this little mini jars with corks. Sold as samplers.

Many given as wedding favors.

4 ounce and 8 ounce jars with cork tops

John Pluta Milledgeville Georgia Honey Jar collection

MUTH CORK HONEY JARS

MUTH HONEY JARS One Pound 16 ounce 
Glass Muth Pure Honey Jars with Cork Stopper Tops 
1800's replicas very heavy thick glass


I sell these for the same price as pints to cover higher bottle cost.
These are VERY popular as people buy them for the bottles.


The 4 and 8 ounce at top have been having production supply problems.


These heavier 1 lb. 16 0z.are currently available.
I sell them here empty at $2
or $18 case of 12 $1.50 each 
NO SHIPPING


They have really increased impulse sales.

BRAZILIAN SMOKER Fumigador, Brazil South American Extra Large Bellows Beekeeping Smoker for Africanized Honeybee Control AHB Beekeeper Equipment

BRAZILIAN SMOKER Fumigador, 

Brazil South American Extra Large Beekeeping Smoker 

for AHB Africanized Honeybee Control Beekeeper Equipment

HONEY BEES BRAZILIAN SMOKER Fumigador, 

Brazil South American Extra Large Bellows 

Beekeeping Smoker for Africanized Honeybee Control Beekeeper Equipment

This is a smoker at the 

UGA University of Georgia

Athens Watkinsville Bee Lab Entomology Dept.

SMALL HIVE BEETLE Traps Postpaid. PREVENT DAMAGE IN VIDEO BELOW

SMALL HIVE BEETLE TRAPS 


In the Southeast USA you need them to battle beetles watch my 2 Video's about small hive beetles
CLICK picture for enlargement detail

JUST TRAPS                              WITH BAIT

100 traps $224 postpaid USA              $259 with 2 bait tubes includes shipping

4 traps $19.75 postpaid USA      $36.50  with 1 bait tube total 

10 traps  $36 postpaid             $52 with 1 bait tube total 

25 traps   $69 postpaid            $82 with 1 bait tube total

NO ONLINE ORDERS    NO CREDIT CARD ORDERS

CHECKS  TO ADDRESS BELOW

OR PICK UP HERE

NO THE BAIT IS NOT LEGAL FOR INSIDE BEEHIVES

NO I WILL NOT TELL YOU WHAT IS OVER THE PHONE

 I am selling the bait to kill ants, IF a few thousand Small Hive Beetles DIE, TO BAD

I've tried most of the vegetable oil traps. They are better than doing nothing but all have problems.

You have to wait for them to fall or get chased in giving them time to lay thousands of eggs.

The bait tubes attract them killing much quicker.

The MESS,oh the mess.For a couple of months no major problems just little oil spills,your problems will begin with checking and refilling,remember the EXXON VALDEZ all over again.

Another problem I found was having to re level the hives,then had water problems.

If you move your hives for pollination or honey flows forget it NOW.

The smaller AJs and frame traps are to small and have MAJOR propolis problems.

With cooler weather coming,watch out for raccoons pulling trays out or off bottoms,they LOVE the oil.

TRY the bait traps,quick easy effective.  But do something even above ^

JOHN PLUTA

165 Sparta Hwy. NE.

Milledgeville GA. 31061

SMOKER, Beekeeping Antique Beekeeper Smoker, Old red Bellows Antique Beekeepers Bee Equipment Early 1900's Beekeeping Honeybee Smoker

SMOKER, Beekeeping Antique Beekeeper Smoker,
Old red Bellows  Antique Beekeepers Bee Equipment

Early 1900's Beekeeping Honeybee Smoker

SMOKER, Beekeeping Antique Beekeeper Smoker,

Old Red Bellows  Antique Beekeepers Bee Equipment

BLUE RIDGE HONEY COMPANY LAKEMONT GEORGIA Bob Binnie, Blue Ridge Honey Co. Packer Producer Lakemont GA. Kroger Store Wood Honey Sales Display

BLUE RIDGE HONEY COMPANY LAKEMONT GEORGIA Bob Binnie, 

Blue Ridge Honey Co. Packer Producer Lakemont GA. Kroger Store Wood Honey Sales Display

BLUE RIDGE HONEY COMPANY

Bob Binnie Packer Producer

Po Box 15, 

Lakemont, GA. 30552

Blue Ridge Honey Co. Phone Number

706-782-6722

www.blueridgehoneycompany.com

DADANT 2012 BEEKEEPING SUPPLY CATALOG Beekeepers Equipment, Dadant & Sons Hamilton IL. 62341 Beekeeping Honey Bee Hive Supplies

DADANT 2012 BEEKEEPING SUPPLY CATALOG Beekeepers Equipment, 

Dadant & Sons Hamilton IL. 62341 Beekeeping Honey Bee Hive Supplies

DADANT 2012 BEEKEEPING SUPPLY CATALOG

Dadant & Sons Inc.

51 South Second St.

Hamilton, IL. 62341

Dadant Hamilton Office Phone Number

1-888-922-1293

DADANT 2012 BEEKEEPING SUPPLY BRANCH LOCATIONS Phone Numbers 

Beekeepers Equipment, Dadant & Sons Hamilton IL. 62341 

Beekeeping Honey Bee Hive Supplies

DADANT 2010 Beekeeping Supply Catalog, 
Beekeepers Supplies Equipment Hamilton Illinois

DADANT 2002 Beekeeping Supply Catalog, 
Beekeepers Supplies Equipment Hamilton Illinois

HONEY POT SKEP STERLING SILVER GLASS Honeybee Dipper Spoon, Older Honey Pot Beekeeping Skep Sterling Silver with Glass Bowl

HONEY POT SKEP STERLING SILVER GLASS Honeybee Dipper Spoon, 

Older Honey Pot Beekeeping Skep Sterling Silver with Glass Bowl

Click on picture to ENLARGE

HONEY POT SKEP STERLING SILVER GLASS Honeybee Dipper Spoon, 

Older Honey Pot Beekeeping Skep Sterling Silver with Glass Bowl

WOODMAN SMOKER Woodman's Bingham Bee Ware Smoker Beekeeping Equipment Tool A.G.Woodman Co. Grand Rapids Michigan Beekeeper Supply

WOODMAN SMOKER 

Woodman's Bingham Bee Ware Smoker 

Beekeeping Equipment Tool  A.G.Woodman Co. 

Grand Rapids Michigan Beekeeper Supply

A.G.WOODMAN Bingham Bee Smoker

Old Beekeeping Supply Dealer

Grand Rapids Michigan

The Bingham Design Bee Smoker is still made by

DADANT & Sons

Hamilton Illinois

WOODMAN SMOKER 
Woodman's Bingham Bee Ware Smoker Bellows 
Beekeeping Equipment Tool  
A.G.Woodman Co. Grand Rapids Michigan Beekeeper Supply

SCREENED BOTTOM BOARDS, Beehive ventilation and Natural Varroa Mite control, Georgia Beekeeper John Pluta thoughts Pro & Con

 SCREENED BOTTOM BOARDS, Beehive ventilation and Natural Varroa Mite control

DADANT PINE on left                                 ROSSMAN CYPRESS on right above

Totally OPEN Good                                                      Side Runners problem

Pine rot problem / Stapled                                                  Better wood good / Screwed

Screen edge enclosed Smooth                                          Rough cut screen edge exposed

COST ABOUT SAME / Verdict = Toss Up Your Choice

Freight Costs could determine, Dadant more branches closer

I AM JUMPING OFF THE FENCE TO THE YES SIDE after 5 years

 I've been in the middle on screens,using what I had but not adding any

5-6 years ago when they got popular I thought great for Varroa Mites and Ventilation.

The following year Small Hive Beetles showed up and put BIG brakes on the idea.

Have been watching and studying since then.

Got real serious this Spring,added a few new screens and saw these hives BOOM

Cleaner Hives Happy Bees  And less Beetles in these hives

HERE ARE A FEW REASONS I THINK HELP

Varroa Mites, defiantly a non chemical help

Dryer less humid because of ventilation

More light, not sure about

Cleaner, less junk to hide in

Access, another beetle entrance but no where to hide on

And Number 1 is it gets new young larva OUT quicker before they have a chance to eat & grow

Legal, certain treatments under the screen are NOT in the hive, Government Fight coming

A Few Problems still are:

COST, at $12-$14 much higher than my pressure treated plywood bottoms

Preservation,Dadant Pine or Rossman Cypress still need treatment,painting

FRAGILE, still need extra care not to crush or break

I am adding about 10 a week and using the bottoms as tops,but still a 5 year plan

You might consider trying a few if not using now

NOT a cure but a definite Help

JP

WHAT TO DO WITH THE SOLID BOTTOMS??

 IF STILL IN USABLE CONDITION USE TO REPLACE OLD BAD TOPS

Reversible top,bottom board for beehives. Treated Wood combo beekeeping equipment.

HONEYBEE BREED Traits, Honey bees advantages for BEEKEEPING

The ITALIAN bee
Italian honey bees, of the subspecies Apis mellifera ligustica, were brought to the U.S. in 1859. They quickly became the favored bee stock in this country and remain so to this day. Known for their extended periods of brood rearing, Italian bees can build colony populations in the spring and maintain them for the entire summer. They are less defensive and less prone to disease than their German counterparts,
and they are excellent honey producers. They also are very lightly colored, ranging from a light leather hue to an almost lemon yellow, a trait that is highly coveted by many beekeepers
for its aesthetic appeal.
Despite their popularity, Italian bees have some drawbacks. First, because of their prolonged brood rearing,
they may consume surplus honey in the hive if supers (removable upper sections where honey is stored) are not removed immediately after the honey flow stops. Second, they are notorious kleptoparasites and frequently rob the honey stores of weaker or dead neighboring
colonies. This behavior may pose problems for Italian beekeepers who work their colonies during times of nectar dearth, and it may cause the rapid spread of transmittable diseases among hives.

The CARNIOLAN bee Carnica Queen Bee

The subspecies A. m. carnica, from middle Europe, also has been a favored
bee stock in the U.S. for several reasons. First, their explosive spring buildup enables this race to grow rapidly
in population and take advantage of blooms that occur much earlier in the spring, compared to other stocks. Second, they are extremely docile and can be worked with little smoke and protective clothing. Third, they are much less prone to robbing other colonies of honey, lowering disease transmission among colonies. Finally, they are very good builders of wax combs, which can be used for products
ranging from candles, to soaps, to cosmetics.
Because of their rapid buildup, however, carniolan bees tend to have a high propensity to swarm (their effort to relieve overcrowding) and, therefore,
may leave the beekeeper with a very poor honey crop. This stock requires continued vigilance to prevent the loss of swarms.

                                                                       The RUSSIAN bee

One of the newer bee stocks in the U.S. was imported from far-eastern Russia by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Honey Bee Breeding, Genetics, and Physiology Laboratory

in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The researchers’ logic was that these bees from the Primorski region on the Sea of Japan, have coexisted for the last 150 years with the devastating ectoparasite

Varroa destructor, a mite that is responsible for severe colony losses around the globe, and they might thrive in the U.S. The USDA tested whether this stock had evolved resistance

to varroa and found that it had. Numerous studies have shown that bees of this strain have fewer than half the number of mites that are found in standard commercial stocks. The quarantine

phase of this project has been complete since 2000, and bees of this strain are available commercially.

Russian bees tend to rear brood only during times of nectar and pollen flows, so brood rearing and colony populations tend to fluctuate with the environment. They also exhibit good housecleaning behavior, resulting in resistance not only to varroa but also to the tracheal mite.

Bees of this stock exhibit some unusual behaviors compared to other strains. For example, they tend to have queen cells present in their colonies almost all the time, whereas most other stocks rear queens only during times of swarming or queen replacement.

Russian bees also perform better when not in the presence of other bee strains; research has shown that cross-contamination from susceptible stocks can lessen the varroa resistance of these bees.

HONEY POT SKEPS Bear Handle Napkin Holder Brown clay ceramic Honey Pot, Honeybees with Bear Honey Pot

HONEY POT SKEP Bear Handle, 

Brown clay ceramic Honey Pot,Honeybees with Bear Honey Pot

HONEY POT SKEP Bear Handle Napkin Holder, 

Brown clay ceramic Honey Pot,Honeybees with Bear Honey Pot

HONEY POT SKEP Bear Handle Salt Pepper Shakers Set,
Brown clay ceramic Honey Pot,Honeybees with Bear Honey Pot

IGA CLOVER HONEY BEAR Plastic Jar, IGA Inc. Independent Grocers Assoc. Chicago Illinois Pure Clover Honey Bear Bottle IGA Grocery Store Food Supermarkets

IGA CLOVER HONEY BEAR Plastic Jar,

 IGA Inc. Independent Grocers Assoc. Chicago Illinois 

Pure Clover Honey Bear Bottle 

IGA Grocery Store Food Supermarkets

IGA CLOVER HONEY BEAR 1 lb. Plastic Jar, 

IGA Inc. Independent Grocers Assoc. Chicago Illinois 

Pure Clover Honey Bottle IGA Grocery Store Food Supermarkets